
Start with vocabulary and grammar, then translate the galley text at the chapter's beginning; memorize terms with flashcards, and complete exercises to master the material through active study.
Explore irregular adjectives in the Latin III course, focusing on page 395 examples, their second and third principal parts, and surprising genitive and dative singular forms as shown with magnus.
Explore the rules of roman numerals, learn the symbols I, V, X, L, C, D, M, and how to use additive and subtractive notation, with examples like 99 and 2000.
Study the irregular verb possum, reviewing its conjugation across present, imperfect, future and perfect tenses, including subjunctive forms, and memorize the endings from the second principle part, with practice aloud.
Explore the accusative with the infinitive in indirect statements, identifying the main verb, the infinitive, and the accusative subject with example translations.
Explore Latin interrogative adjectives and their noun describing role, noting declension mirrors the relative pronoun and they translate as which or what in direct or indirect questions.
Explore temporal clauses and time conjunctions such as when, as soon as, and after, and learn how they require indicative and perfect tenses; review perfect conjugation to apply these structures.
This is the first part of Latin III using Fr. Robert Henle, S.J. "Latin Second Year" textbook.
Students who have finished the "Latin First Year" successfully are qualified for this course.
This section covers the end of the grammar necessary to know before translating Julius Caesar. Part two of this course will cover a selection of passages of the Gallic campaigns between 58 and 52 BC.